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Snapback Sanctions: The Collapse of Western Diplomacy with Iran

Allies & Extended Deterrence, Archive, Deterrence & Foreign Policy, Strategic Adversariesarms embargo, ballistic missile technology, China, coercion vs. diplomacy, Diplomacy, E3 (France, economic adaptation, economic impact, European powers, financial sanctions, Germany, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Iran, Israel, JCPOA, Look East strategy, Masoud Pezeshkian, maximum pressure strategy, military strikes, Non-Proliferation Treaty, nuclear facilities, nuclear program, oil revenues, proliferation, regional stability, Russia, sanctions relief, snapback sanctions, trust collapse, UK, United Nations Security Council, United States, Western diplomacy

Snapback Sanctions: The Collapse of Western Diplomacy with Iran

Sidra Shaukat0 Comments

On September 28, 2025, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) re-imposed previously lifted sanctions against Iran. The move occurred when the European powers triggered the “snapback” mechanism of the Joint…

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Syria and Saudi Arabia’s Northern Front: A New Theatre for the Kingdom’s Security Policy

Allies & Extended Deterrence, Archive, Strategic AdversariesArab sovereignty, Arab unity, Bashar al Assad, Captagon trafficking, counterterrorism, defense cooperation, Druze militias, economic leverage, extremist networks, forward defense zone, fragmentation, geopolitical terrain, Geopolitics, Iran, Iranian proxies, Iranian-backed militias, Israel, Israel airstrikes, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA, Middle East, Muslim Brotherhood, northern frontier, power vacuum, reconstruction diplomacy, regional stability, sanctions relief, Saudi Arabia, security policy, Sunni politics, Syria, territorial integrity, transitional government, Turkey, Turkey's military presence, Yemen

Syria and Saudi Arabia’s Northern Front: A New Theatre for the Kingdom’s Security Policy

Mohamed ELDoh1 Comment

In the aftermath of Bashar al-Assad’s fall, Syria has become more than just a war-ravaged state grappling with political vacuum and economic decay—it has transformed into a critical security frontier…

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Nuclear Diplomacy or Regime Survival? Rethinking the Iran Deal

Archive, Strategic AdversariesAli Khamenei, Arabs, authoritarian regime, Baloch, cultural suppression, democratic aspirations, Diplomacy, dissent, Donald Trump, economic marginalization, economic relief, ethnic minorities, forced assimilation, Hezbollah, houthis, Human Rights, Iran regime, IRGC, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, JCPOA, Kurds, marginalized groups, militias, nuclear deal, oppression, Persian-Shia hegemony, regional stability, repression, sanctions relief, uranium enrichment, US-Iran

Nuclear Diplomacy or Regime Survival? Rethinking the Iran Deal

Loqman Radpey2 Comments

In response to President Donald Trump’s letter to Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, proposing a new nuclear deal, Khamenei’s stance was unequivocal: rejection, dismissing it as “deception of public opinion.”…

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